uxoricide

noun

Definition of uxoricidenext
as in parricide

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  1. parricide
  2. matricide
  3. patricide
  4. regicide
  5. fratricide
  6. filicide
  7. murder
  8. homicide
Noun
  • Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.
    Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.
    Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 2 Jan. 2020
Definition of parricide
Noun
  • However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.
    Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing.
    Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Definition of matricide
Noun
  • But Dwight picks the fight by almost immediately accusing Chickie of patricide, which happens to be true but won’t win you any brownie points, for sure.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
  • The movie includes intense domestic abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), gun violence, death and descriptions of patricide.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Definition of patricide
Noun
  • The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
Definition of regicide
Noun
  • The fratricide overshadowed Caracalla’s achievements, including the passage of an edict granting all free men in the Roman Empire citizenship and the construction of a luxurious public bath complex that bore the emperor’s name.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This can particularly be a problem when aircraft are supporting ground troops in combat, a sometimes confusing situation where mistakes can lead to fratricide.
    Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
Definition of fratricide
Noun
  • One study of maternal filicide observed that, whereas psychotic mothers often acted suddenly, depressed mothers tended to contemplate killing their children for days or weeks before acting.
    Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Each was a tragedy, but maternal filicide falls low on the register of reasons for infant death.
    Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
Definition of filicide
Noun
  • Nina Beltran, aka Nina Marano, requested her own disciplinary revocation from the Florida Bar after being arrested and convicted of tampering with a corpse in connection with the October 2021 murder of 23-year-old Marisela Botello-Valdez in Dallas.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Police in Boulder, Colo., shared an update last week on the cold case murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey as the 28th anniversary of her killing approaches.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of murder
Noun
  • Missing hikers:Hiker who vanished mid-October in frigid Canadian wilderness found alive over a month later Lane-Fournier's husband faces charges After Lane-Fournier's body was found, officials conducted an autopsy and determined the manner of death as homicide.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • McIntyre was just 17 in 1994 when he was arrested and charged in connection with a double homicide within hours of the crimes.
    Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of homicide
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